Adjusting device for windows or doors.



J. F. MILLSPAUGH. ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR WINDOWS R DOORS.

('1' '0 all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J nssn F. MILLsPAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hollywood, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjusting Devices for lVindows or Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an adjusting device for windows or doors which swing open and the device is particularly useful to form a connection between the easement and the sash to hold the sash in different positions of adjustment.

The object of the invention is to produce a device for this purpose which shall be very simple of construction, the parts of which can be readily attached in position.

In its construction the device comprises a bracket which is attached to the sash and to this bracket a rod or arm may be secured in a plurality of. different positions. It is often desirable to disconnect this bar so as to permit the free swinging of the sash in opening and closing, and one of the objects of this invention is to construct the device in such a way as to enable the said arm to be arranged so that it will be supported and held in connection with the sash without holding the sash against movement. In other words, I provide a slip connection be tween the arm and the sash which is in operation when it is not desired to hold the sash fixed in any adjusted position.

In the drawing forming a part of the annexed specification, Figure 1 is a perspective showing a portion of a window casement and a portion of a window sash to which my invention has been applied. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional plan, showing the sash in a more open position than that shown in Fig. 1, and showing the arm in dotted lines to illustrate the use of the slip connection referred to above. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the pivot bracket which connects the arm to the casement and showing a short portion of the arm, the body whereof is broken away. Fig. 1 is a vertical section through the adjusting bracket which is attached to the sash, and showing the outer end of the arm attached thereto, the body of the arm being broken away. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the arm representing the same removed, the body of the arm being broken away.

Referring more particularly to the parts,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 17, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14L, 1911.

Serial No. 577,599.

6 represents the window casement, and 7 represents the sash which is adapted to swing to its open or closed position, being secured to the easement by hinges such as the hinge 8.

In applying my invention I attach to the easement 6 a pivot bracket 9, the form of which is most clearly shown in Fig. 3. This bracket consists of a plate which is bent into the form of a staple so that it presents a horizontal upper plate 10 and a horizontal lower plate 11, said plates being connected integrally by a vertical web 12. At their inner edges the plates 10 and 11 are bent so as to form feet 13 which are attached to the reveal of the easement by suitable fastening devices 1 1. The plates 10 and 11 are provided with alining openings 15 for a purpose which will appear more clearly hereinafter. 7

On the lower rail 16 of the sash 7 I attach an adjusting bracket 17, the body of which is in the form of a plate adapted to be socured to the outer face of the rail by suitable fastening devices 18. The upper edge of this plate is bent outwardly so as to form a socket web 19 disposed in a horizontal plane, and this socket web is formed with a plurality of equi-distant openings or sockets 20 as indicated.

Beyond the socket web 19 the material which forms the bracket is bent so as to form a U shaped guide or gutter 21, said gutter or guide presenting a flat bottom 22, and an upwardly projecting flange 23 on the outer edge thereof. The inner wall of the guide 21 is formed integrally with the Web 19 as indicated. As shown in Fig. 1 this guide or gutter 21 extends continuously throughout the entire length of the adjusting bracket.

I provide an adjusting arm 24;, oneend of which is bent laterally so as to form a long pintle 25, and the other end of which is similarly bent to form a short pintle or spur 26. The spur 26 and the pintle 25 are parallel with each other as shown, and normally project downwardly. The lower end of the spur 26 is formed with a conical point 27 for a purpose which will appear more fully hereinafter. The adjusting arm 24 is used to connect the two brackets in the manner indicated in Fig. 1, that is, the long pintle 25 is mounted pivotally in the opening 15 of the bracket 9, and the spur 26 passes down through one of the aforesaid adjusting openings 20. In this connection it should be understood that the sash of the window to which my invention is applied swings inwardly. In Fig. 1 my device is represented as holding the sash in an intermediate open position. In Fig. 2 the device is represented as holding the sash wide open, at which time the spur 26 is disposed in the outermost of the openings 20, that is, the opening which is most distant from the hinge 8. It will be evident that if it is desired to hold the sash in an intermediate position the rod can be disconnected and applied in any one of the intermediate pen ings for this purpose.

In order to adjust the spur 26 into a different opening the arm should be slightly raised bodily. In this connection attention tle from the bracket 9.

is called to the fact that the pintle 25 is very long, and the slight lifting movement which is necessary to disengage the spur from the web 19 will not disengage the pin- In this way the arm may be used to hold the sash in a plurality of different angular positions depending upon which one of the openings 20 the spur 26 engages.

If it is desired to set the device so that it will not hold the sash against movement, and at the same time, prevent the arm from swinging independently of the sash so as to be in the way, this can be accomplished V by raising the arm sufliciently to disengage the spur 26 whereupon the spur may be placed in the guide gutter 21 in the manner indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The sash can evidently then be swung open or closed, and this swinging movement will be unobstructed by the spur which will simply travel back and forth in the guide. In this way the arm is prevented from swinging around so as to get in the way of persons passing near the window.

Special attention is called to the conical point 27 of the spur 26. The purpose of this conical point is to facilitate the introduction of the spur into the openings 20 when the device is being adjusted. Special at tention is also called to the fact that the brackets 9 and 17 are of extremely simple construction, and adapted to be formed from metal plates which are stamped into the desired shape. This fact and the simplicityof the form of the bar 24: make it possible to manufacture the device at a very low cost; and attention is called to the fact that the means for adjusting the device does not include any threaded connection of any kind whatever.

lVhat I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising an arm, means for pivotally attaching said arm to the window casement, an adjusting bracket comprising a plate adapted to be attached to the sash having a horizontal socket web with a plurality of openings therein, said arm having a spur adapted to engage said openings to hold. the sash in different adjusted POSllllOllS, said adjusting bracket havin a utter or guide formed therein beyond said socket web, adapted to receive said spur and guide the same when disengaged from said openings.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a pivotally swinging arm provided with a spur on the free end thereof, an adjusting bracket provided with spur engaging sockets adapted to be secured to a movable support, and a gutter formed on said bracket, said gutter adapted to prevent the disengagement of said spur from said bracket during a movement of the movable support. I

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11th day of August, 1910.

JESSE F. MILLSPAUGH.

WVitnesses:

F. D. AMMEIs, EDMUND A. STRAUSE. 

